French

Bonjour! I hope that you enjoyed the lovely weather over half-term and that you are all well and safe, and ready to join in some fun French activities!

This week should have been the time when a group of visitors from Céaucé would have arrived in North Petherton for a few days. As this visit can’t happen at the moment, I would like you to produce a piece of artwork that will show the people of Céaucé that we are still thinking of them. I will then send photos of your work to the members of the Twinning Committee here in North Petherton, and in Céaucé.

Search for “rainbow template a4” on Google and select and print a rainbow with two clouds attached (or draw it yourself). Write “North Petherton” in the cloud on the left and “Céaucé” in the cloud on the right. Write “Nous pensons à vous” (“We are thinking of you”) along the top of the rainbow and “Soyez prudents” (“Stay safe”) underneath the rainbow. Finally, colour in the rainbow very carefully (or use paint or bits of colourful paper). Remember the order of the colours!

Remember to photograph your finished work and email it to me via PurpleMash before the end of the week.

You may also want to ask your parents permission to display this piece of work in your window!

FRENCH HOME LEARNING – WEEK 8 (Monday 18th – Friday 22nd May 2020)

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I hope that you are all well and safe, and ready to join in some fun French activities!

This week I would like you to

Revisit your “School Subjects” vocabulary from last week by playing a memory game on Espresso. Log into EspressoPrimaryand click on KS2 / Languages / French - “L’école”. Next click on “Activities” on the left of the screen and select “Memory”. Have fun!

Practise your listening comprehension around School Subjects. On Espresso again, click on KS2 / Languages / French - “L’école” / Les Cours / Favourite Subjects. Watch the video a few times and read the script too. Do you understand what subjects the children like and why?

Using the vocabulary from the video, can you answer this question:

Quelle est ta matière préférée?

Here is an example answer:

Ma matière préférée, c’est le Français parce que c’est passionnant!

FRENCH HOME LEARNING – WEEK 7 (Monday 11th – Friday 15th May 2020)

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I hope that you are all well and safe, and ready to join in some fun French activities!

This week I would like you to start memorising vocabulary for School Subjects. Start by logging into Espresso and click on KS2 / Languages / French - “L’école”. Next click on “Talking Dictionary” on the left of the screen and select “Subjects”. You can hear each word when you click on it. Remember to practise repeating the words, at least 3 times. Finally, make your own Memory card: copy all the school subjects IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER and draw a logo for each one instead of writing the English translation.

Remember you can take a picture of your French work and send it to me via Purple Mash @2email.

I look forward to seeing your vocabulary lists!

FRENCH HOME LEARNING – WEEK 6 (Monday 4th – Friday 8th May 2020)

Bonjour!

I hope you’re all safe and well!

This week I have put together some ideas for craft & vocabulary activities relating to VE Day, which is a very important date for France too. You can find the activities in the Projects folder. Just click on the rainbow and scroll down. Have fun!

Now I would like you to make a list of all the words and phrases you heard in the clip and recognised from having learned them before, and another list of new words that the video has taught you. Write the English translations of the new words, or draw a picture that will help you remember what they mean.

Remember you can take a picture of your French work and send it to me via Purple Mash @2email.

I look forward to seeing your vocabulary lists!

FRENCH HOME LEARNING – WEEK 4 (Monday 20th – Friday 24th April 2020)

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I hope that you are all well and safe, and ready to join in some fun French activities!

This week I would like you to find out what is the same and what is different if you compare our school to a French primary school. To help you with this, I would like you to watch the following video on BBC Bitesize:

After watching the video a few times, you should be able to record the facts that you have learned in a table comparing French schools and British schools. Draw a two-column table and name the columns “What’s the same?” and “What’s different?”

You could then have a conversation with a grown-up at home about whether you would like to attend a French school, which of the two school set-ups you prefer and why.

OPTIONAL FRENCH HOME LEARNING

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During the Easter break, why not research French Easter traditions? What do French children do at Easter that is the same as or different from what we do in the UK?

You could write a paragraph about what you have found out and illustrate it, or you could look up the French words for “Easter”, “chocolate”, “eggs”, “springtime”, etc… and create an illustrated word mat.

If you have family in a country other than France, you could draw a picture / write a paragraph about how they celebrate Easter over there. What is Easter called in other languages?

Remember you can always take pictures of your work and email them to me on Purple Mash.

Complete last week’s task if you didn’t manage to finish it, then draw a street map of North Petherton, labelling the different buildings / shops in French. Concentrate on the A38 from Pyne’s the Butchers to the Rugby Club, but also include the surgery and of course, our school!

Keep your work safe so we can send it to our French partner school when possible.

Ask a grown-up to help you remember where the different buildings are along the road.

If you feel that a piece of A4 paper is going to be too small for you to display your work neatly, why not use a length of wrapping/parcel paper?

Our next topic will be “Places in town and villages” so this week, I would like you to look up 10 words for buildings, shops, facilities in a French/English dictionary (if you have one) or on Google Translate. Record those French words in an alphabetical list and draw a picture next to each word to memorise what they mean.

You may want to be creative and make a mini picture book (12 pages, 10cmX10cm), designing a front cover with “Villes & Villages” as a title and then writing and illustrating each one of your 10 words on a separate page. Remember to keep it in alphabetical order!